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Buist^s Flower Seed Novelties for 1940 
Harmony Zinnia 
Ageratum 
MIDGET BLUE 
1074 All American Winner in 1940. This 
is really the first dwarf Ageratum that will 
come uniformly dwarf and true to color from 
seed. The plant grows 3 inches high with 
delicate fine foliage, smothered with small 
true Ageratum blue flowers.Pkt. 25c 
WILDHRE 
8249 Wildfire is a rich, dazzling scarlet, a 
new color that will add a distinct note of 
cheerfulness to the garden and will enliven 
any home when used in flower arrangements. 
Like all other Fantasy Zinnias the flowers 
measure 3 inches across and are composed of 
a mass of shaggy, ray-like petals. Flowers 50 
days after sowing; height 2'/^ to 3 ft. 
M oz., 75c; Pkt. 20c 
Harmony Marigold 
FRENCH DWARF DOUBLE HARMONY 
HYBRIDS 
5030 Introducing a new strain of showy 
Marigolds embodying all the fine features of 
Harmony combined with a wide and varied 
color range, including golden orange, a dis¬ 
tinct golden yellow, innumerable blotched 
and striped combinations of golden orange 
with maroon, and various shades of golden 
and lemon yellow with the contrasting 
maroon. Like Harmony, the plants are com¬ 
pact, 14 ins. high, odorless foliage, and bloom 
in two and a half months from seed. All the 
flowers are 100% double with the familiar 
crested center surrounded by several rows of 
broad petals. They cover the entire bush and 
are a blaze of color all season. 
% oz., 50c; Pkt. 20c 
Imperial Giant Scabiosa 
BLUE MOON 
6667 All American Selection in 1940. A new 
type Scabiosa extremely large and fully 
double composed of broad, heavy, wavy 
petals, eliminating the pin cushion center en¬ 
tirely and having the shape of an old-fash¬ 
ioned beehive. Blue Moon is an ideal cutting 
type because of the long, heavy, wiry stems 
and the deep lavender blue shade so hard to 
find in annual flowers. Height 4 ft. 
Vs oz., 50c; Pkt. 20c 
Marigold 
Harmony Hybrids 
CAMPHRE 
8235 Campfire is a new, vivid scarlet color in 
the Harmony or Scabiosa-Flowered type Zin¬ 
nia. The medium sized flowers, 2 inches 
across, have a rounded center, flanked by one 
or two rows of broad guard petals of the 
same color, similar in form to the flowers of 
Harmony Marigold. Ideal for cut flower ar¬ 
rangements. Blooms 45 days after sowing; 
height lYi ft.M oz., 75c; Pkt. 20c 
Fantasy Zinnia 
Wildfire 
Fantasy Zinnia 
